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The event paid tribute to OMA leaders Sidney Buxton, Marcela Uribe-Jennings \u201982, MEd \u201991, Laxmi Bissoondial \u201902, and the student-led Intercultural Student Alliance, and to OMA\u2019s mission to support first-generation, low income, and ALANA\/BIPOC (African, Latine, Asian, Native American and\/or Black, Indigenous, People of Color) students. (<em>Photos by Matt Wright \u201910)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/photos.google.com\/share\/AF1QipOj_N1dEFC6XLZ2QLhVOYih1jf1zpvTNaI-6UGa5eG1H8vmfC7L_4rIk6LiOU7l6Q?key=T2NtNXZ5QVFwdGtaRmNoalJONHBQcGYwcEpxMXBB\"><span style=\"color: #003087\">View the OMA 50th Anniversary photo album.<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University community honors half a century of the Office of Multicultural Affairs. 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